ARTILLERY BATTLE ON RUSSIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2407, 12 March 1915, Page 5

ARTILLERY BATTLE ON RUSSIAN FRONT

PROGRESS MAINTAINED AUSTRIANS SEVERELY REPULSED (Reo. March 11, 8.55 p.m.) , - . Petrograd, March 11. Official.—The enemy_ on Monday and Tuesday bombarded Osowiecz fortress with 12-inch shells. Serious artillery engagements are proceeding along our entire front from Khorjjle.towards Prasnysz. "Our advance on tie Pilica is maintained, and several hundred prisoners have been.taken. The High Commissioner reports (London, March 10, 1i.,55 p.m):— f "Reports from Petrograd state that the confusion existing among the German forces is assuming enormous proportions. The Germans throw boiling liquid while the Russians are advancing their infantry. ; "The Germans suffered enormous losses south of Drobin (18 miles north-east of Plock), and have been scattered near Krogotsin. The Russians counterattacked, and regained their original position." A later dispatch (dated March 11, 4 a.m.) states that the Russian offensive in the region of Suwalki (within 12 miles of the eastern frontier of Bast Prussia) continues successfully, that a serious artillery .engagement is proceeding v along the_ entire front on the right bank of the Narew (a tributary of the Vistula, flowing in a rough parallel to the East Prussian frontier). On the left bank of the Vistula, in the region of the Pilica- (Central Poland), the Russians continue to advance, notwithstanding a lively resistance. They captured several hundred prisoners. AUSTRIANS BEATEN BACK IN THE CARPATHIANS. The High Commissioner reports (London, March 11, i a.m.) Reports from Petrograd state that in the Carpathians, along the entire front from Gorlice (south of Tarnow) to the TJszok Pass (a- distance of 90 miles as the orow flies), numerous Austrian attacks, were beaten back with heavy losses. , During the capture of the remainder of an 'Austrian flanking column at Klausza, in the Carpathians, the Russians took a battalion commander, eight officers, and throe entire companies. , THE CAMPAIGN IN THE CAUCASUS The High Commissioner's report (London, March 10, 11.55 p,m.) states:— "Reports from the Caucasus state that the fighting in the region of TransChorok was continued on Monday last."